William-Adolphe Bouguereau

French academic painter. (November 30, 1825 -- August 19, 1905) He was a traditionalist; in his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of Classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. (Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179) - O ignis spiritus Paracliti)
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